Religious Studies

Eilert Herms reconstructs Weinberg's description of the process of the cosmos and shows: The enduring presence of this process for inner-cosmic persons, who explore it, is not only the condition of possibility for this exploration, but also the real condition of possibility and the real medium of the process itself.

Contrary to the prevailing consensus, Manuel Nägele shows that Luke is both familiar with and deliberately employs the convention of contemporary historians to present miracles in a distanced manner. In doing so, Luke displays narrative refinement and a willingness to engage with the miraculous.

New Perspective, Paul within Judaism, apocalyptic Paul: Pauline scholarship has long been a contest of rival schools. This volume does not add another. Instead, leading scholars bring the competing approaches into conversation and ask where the study of Paul and his letters goes from here.

Since the second century, the eunuchs of Matthew 19:12 have been read as a figure for celibacy. Ian Kinman challenges this consensus: drawing on first- and second-century literature, he argues that Matthew presents eunuchs not as models of discipleship but as an anti-type - those who remain »withered« in the face of the kingdom's demands.